Raid Question, adding another Hard drive?

Question

Hi all,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I am kind of new to raid setups.

I recently got a Auora 3 system, very impressed so far.

I want to add a hard drive from my old XPS system that has Vista 64bit installed, as there are a couple of games I play that are not able to run on Windows 7, due to starforce drivers.

I put the hard drive into system as per instructions and yes Bios and raid know it is there as does Windows 7.

Am I right during boot up, when the raid screen shows, if I press Ctrl L or whatever that command is, that brings up raid windows, I tried to add Hard drive, well I think I was and it said hard drive had to be empty.

I cannot find any instructions in manual on how to add a drive to raid, Is there a link or a you tube video or something I could follow?

Or how do I do this, obviously with Vista being on 3rd HD, I will be running a duel boot as I was doing on my XPS system.

Anyway suggestions welcomed.

Thanks

Phil

goonielife · Answer

I replied to this but it got deleted. I may know why.

If you want your third harddrive to act as a drive by itself, you don't want to add it to the raid. Raid makes multiple harddrives act as one harddrive. You don't want that, you want the data on the third drive to show up as drive D: not as part of your current drive C:

There are multiple reasons why it is not a good idea to move an OS from one computer to another. Your best bet is to install the harddrive in the computer so it is recognized as drive D: or anything other than C: then format it and do a full install of Vista onto D:. You do risk screwing something up with your current install or your Raid configuration if you do it that way. I have never done it with Raid so I don't have any advice to protect your current config.

I don't know what starforce drivers are, but I would probably try to get the games working in 7 rather than doing a dual boot with Vista. Maybe you have done everything possible though, I don't know.

Philby12 · Answer

yeah Dell deleted the 2nd post of mine, why?  I am in the dark about, I just read the terms and condistions of posting and don't see how my post was aganist them, maybe the Mod could get in touch with me and explain.  Anyway thanks for your post. Good points which I have taken on board.,

DELL-Chris M · Answer

Philby12, I found no violation in your post. I found one in the post by goonielife.

goonielife · Answer

I mentioned something in mine that would probably be considered software piracy.

Philby12 · Answer

Okay thanks for claifying Chris, Did make me wonder,.  Happy Holidays, Phil

Philby12 · Answer

Ok, no worries goonielife, hey is that goonie as in the Goonie movie? just wondeirng. Showing my age here!

goonielife · Answer

The Goonies, yes it is.

Philby12 · Answer

Thought it might of been, actually that Movie was on one of my Pay TV movie channels the otehr night, still a classic if you ask me. Cheers Phil

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